Ibtissame “Betty” Lachgar

 

 
Maryam Namazie accepted the 2026 Avijit Roy Courage Award on behalf of Ibtissame “Betty” Lachgar, who is imprisoned in Morocco for “insulting Allah.” Maryam is part of the Free Betty Coalition and a previous recipient of FFRF’s first Henry Zumach Award as an Iranian-born Campaigner living in the United Kingdom. She is a spokesperson for One Law for All and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. She produces and hosts a weekly TV broadcast, “Bread and Roses,” in both Persian and English.